U21 League

Mikrá Sánta Stadium
Spectators: 148 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Takis Babalis started the match with the kick off. Dionysis Naskos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ernesto Minichiello in the 2nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberigo Gianfrancesco in the 3rd minute of play forced Mikrá Sánta's goalkeeper Dionysis Naskos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dionysis Naskos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberigo Gianfrancesco in the 5th minute of play. 6 minutes into the match, Mikrá Sánta's goal looked a bit too open when Christian Zaccardi came free, but Dionysis Naskos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bruno Alessandrini blasted a shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dionysis Naskos having to make a save. Dionysis Naskos came out of the goal in the 8th minute to try and stop a shot by XMAS's Ernesto Minichiello. But to his dismay, Ernesto Minichiello quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Alberigo Gianfrancesco scored 0-2 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dionysis Naskos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 13 minutes into the match, Ennio De Nardis notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Mikrá Sánta's Dionysis Naskos. Dionysis Naskos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 16th minute Ennio De Nardis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dionysis Naskos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 17th minute, Ernesto Minichiello ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dionysis Naskos was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. 20 minutes into the match, Ernesto Minichiello notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Mikrá Sánta's Dionysis Naskos. Dionysis Naskos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, XMAS's Christian Zaccardi got a free kick in the 22nd minute. 26 minutes into the match, Mikrá Sánta's goal looked a bit too open when Alberigo Gianfrancesco came free, but Dionysis Naskos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dionysis Naskos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberigo Gianfrancesco, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Dionysis Naskos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberigo Gianfrancesco in the 41st minute of the match. 42 minutes into the match, Mikrá Sánta's goal looked a bit too open when Ernesto Minichiello came free, but Dionysis Naskos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 43 minutes into the match, Comunardo Quadrini notched a goal, 0-9, to the right of Mikrá Sánta's Dionysis Naskos. Dionysis Naskos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mikrá Sánta's Dionysis Naskos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberigo Gianfrancesco in the 47th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-9 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Dionysis Naskos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberigo Gianfrancesco in the 59th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 60 minutes, Ernesto Minichiello took a quick shot and it went in 0-11 without a chance for Dionysis Naskos to make any attempt to save it. 0-12 became the score in the 64th minute when Alberigo Gianfrancesco elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 67th minute, Ernesto Minichiello made a precise shot to the right of Dionysis Naskos. Mikrá Sánta's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-13. After a rather tough play, Mikrá Sánta's Christoforos Grigoratos got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Mikrá Sánta's Dionysis Naskos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ennio De Nardis in the 73rd minute of play. Christoforos Grigoratos was shown his second yellow card after 74 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 75th match minute, Mikrá Sánta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christoforos Grigoratos to maneuver through the defense. In the 77th minute Alberigo Gianfrancesco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dionysis Naskos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Takis Babalis's late challenge caught a XMAS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Takis Babalis helped the player get up and apologised. 78 minutes into the match, Mikrá Sánta's goalkeeper Dionysis Naskos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ennio De Nardis. After some careless play in the Mikrá Sánta defense, Alberigo Gianfrancesco kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dionysis Naskos. The Mikrá Sánta fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dionysis Naskos should have stopped the shot. Ernesto Minichiello took the ball and in the 83 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dionysis Naskos. Dionysis Naskos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-15. 87 minutes into the match, Alberigo Gianfrancesco dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dionysis Naskos, 0-16. Dionysis Naskos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ernesto Minichiello went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-17 was the resulting score. The Mikrá Sánta fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. XMAS were clearly better and deserved to take the win.